Alejandro Fernández re-elected PP Catalonia leader, as Feijóo looks to make region key to ousting Sánchez

Unity after years of discord

The XVI Congress sealed the reconciliation between the Catalan PP and the national leadership after eight years without a regional gathering. Alberto Núñez Feijóo acknowledged that the party had survived moments when it risked losing all parliamentary representation, crediting Fernández with the recovery from three to fifteen seats in the Catalan Parliament. The re-elected leader offered a gesture of internal peace, asking for all past wounds to be closed.

If any wound remained open, they are closed; if I offended anyone, here are my apologies; and if anyone offended me, I swear I do not remember.

A new leadership team

Fernández appointed Juan Fernández (until now party spokesperson in the Parliament) as the new secretary general and named Lorena Roldán parliamentary spokeswoman. The ideological platform approved at the congress positions the PP as the champion of liberty, order and prosperity, explicitly targeting what its leaders call the “decadence” brought by socialist and nationalist governments.

Targeting La Moncloa via Catalonia

Feijóo set a concrete electoral target: twelve MPs from Catalonia in the next general election, arguing that with that number a change of government is guaranteed. He appealed directly to centre and centre‑right voters who feel orphaned by the current political landscape, insisting that any nationwide transformation must be built “neither without Catalonia, nor against Catalonia.”

I want you to be the key that removes Pedro Sánchez from La Moncloa.

Opposition to nationalism and socialism

Both leaders painted the PP as the only alternative to what they described as a long crisis of leadership. They pointed to insecurity, high taxes, housing shortages and the social division caused by the ‘procés’ as evidence that the existing parties have failed Catalonia. Feijóo stressed that his commitment to the region is not based on blackmail but on conviction and an understanding of Catalans’ needs.

A delicate balance on Junts

Despite the outward unity, a nuance persists. Fernández maintains an uncompromising position against any pact with Junts, remarking that there is no reason to even “go around the corner” with the party. While the national leadership still keeps some parliamentary engagement with Junts in play, the congress showed that for now the public line is aligned around ruling out shortcuts.